Shimmy and shake single axle trailers
My neighbor/friend just bought a 20-21' travel trailer. He an his wife did a 3 day/night at a local CG to check everything out. They both noticed the instability, and asked what they could do to minim...
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The best way to eliminate the bounce is get those front corners stabilized as well.
When i first started campign in my single axle trailer I "discovered" pretty quickly that the hitch jack simple wasnt cutting it so i went to a local junk yard and got a couple scissor jacks for practically nothing and use them in the front corners
Do NOT pull all the weight off of your hitch jack. if the campsite is slightly unlevel the trailer frame will want to twist and you'll end up having cabinet/wall separation inside. Stabilizers(or front scissor jacks in my case) are meant to keep it stable, not lift.
When i first started campign in my single axle trailer I "discovered" pretty quickly that the hitch jack simple wasnt cutting it so i went to a local junk yard and got a couple scissor jacks for practically nothing and use them in the front corners
Do NOT pull all the weight off of your hitch jack. if the campsite is slightly unlevel the trailer frame will want to twist and you'll end up having cabinet/wall separation inside. Stabilizers(or front scissor jacks in my case) are meant to keep it stable, not lift.
